babylonian
/B AE0 B AH0 L OW1 N IY0 AH0 N/adjective
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Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent. .
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(historical) Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire.
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(obsolete, derogatory) Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18).
noun
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An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
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An inhabitant of Babylonia, which included Chaldea; a Chaldean.
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An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
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A later form of Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia in 1950 BC – 100 AD.
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